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The History of the Philadelphia Eagles begins when the franchise was founded in 1933. [1] Since the team's establishment, the Eagles have appeared in five Super Bowls, losing their first two appearances, Super Bowl XV (1981) and XXXIX (2005) as well as their fourth, Super Bowl LVII (2022), and winning their third, Super Bowl LII (2017), and fifth, Super Bowl LIX (2024). [2]
The yellow and blue jerseys, the same colors found on Philadelphia's city flag, are based on those worn by the Philadelphia Eagles in the team's inaugural season, and had been the same colors used by the Frankford Yellow Jackets franchise prior to its suspension of operations in 1931. The Eagles beat Detroit, 56–21.
The Eagles joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1933. Currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC), the team has won five NFL titles and made five Super Bowl appearances (1980, 2004, 2017, 2022, and 2024), with their first Super Bowl victory coming in Super Bowl LII under Doug ...
In 2005, his 11th year owning the Eagles, Lurie had to watch his childhood team beat Philadelphia in Super Bowl 39. He and the Eagles got their revenge 13 years later with a Super Bowl 52 win ...
The American Professional Football Association is formed on September 17, 1920, at Canton, Ohio, with Jim Thorpe elected president. [1] The fourteen teams were mainly drawn from the Ohio League, Chicago Circuit, New York Pro Football League and other teams from the lower midwest.
The Eagles brought back Gardner-Johnson — who starred on their 2022 Super Bowl team — after a brief stint with the Detroit Lions on a three-year, $33 million deal.
The NFL spent over a year searching for a new team to operate in Philadelphia. On July 9, 1933, the NFL granted an expansion franchise to Bert Bell and Lud Wray and awarded them the assets of the failed Yellow Jackets organization, with Bell and Wray naming their team the Eagles after the symbol of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. This has led to ...
The Philadelphia Eagles played in aging Veteran Stadium and practiced in shabby facilities, Jeffrey Lurie took charge in 1994 and turned the franchise around, now they are set to play for their in ...